Coin Terminology and Glossary

The Coin Collecting Dictionary includes 546 titles used widely in the coin collectors community, and has received over 956787 search inquires.

Selected title: Commercial grade

Explanation: A grade that is usually one level higher than the market grade; refers to a coin that is 'pushed' a grade, such as an EF/AU coin (corresponding to 45+) sold as AU-50

Most popular coin titles

Definition	Searches	Percentage
Specimen Proof (SP-70 or PF-70)	54545	13.88%
Silver Clad	31600	8.04%
Coin Silver	23685	6.03%
Slabbed Coins	22540	5.73%
BN	22081	5.62%
Encapsulated Coin	21278	5.41%
RB	20464	5.21%
Deep Cameo (DC or DCAM)	17683	4.50%
PF (PF60, PF70)	17322	4.41%
Reeded Edge	16428	4.18%
Ultra Cameo (UCAM)	16378	4.17%
PQ	15207	3.87%
Rarity	15092	3.84%
PR (PR60, PR70)	15037	3.83%
MS (MS60-MS70)	14995	3.81%
Incuse	14205	3.61%
Coin drop	13939	3.55%
High Relief	13897	3.54%
Reverse Cameo	13468	3.43%
Obverse or Face side	13184	3.35%